"Ahem, ahem...what are you doing?"
Lu Aiai appeared at the door, like a pear blossom branch swaying in the wind. Her eyes moved between Gu Yuqing and Chen Ya three times, and her eyes were calm with no emotion changing.
Gu Yuqing tactfully slid off Chen Ya, sat back on the sofa steadily, and sat down calmly.
But his arm was still hooked around Chen Ya's neck, and it was unclear whether he had forgotten to put it down or was deliberately keeping it there.
Not being intimate with others in front of others is her modesty as the daughter of the Gu family; being intimate with Chen Ya in front of her is her privilege as the daughter of the Gu family.
Her fearlessness itself meant that she was declaring something to Lu Aiai. Although what she was declaring was something she did not possess, she still expected to see emotions on Lu Aiai's face to prove that she was hurt.
But her face showed no emotion.
Lu Ai'ai's eyes were neither angry nor jealous. She looked confused, with pure exploratory curiosity in her eyes.
“Cough cough cough…”
Lu Aiai coughed again, her body faltering like a willow in the wind. She hadn't interrupted them with her cough on purpose; she didn't possess that kind of emotional intelligence. She was genuinely coughing from a cold.
Chen Ya took the opportunity to get rid of Gu Yuqing's arms, stood up, walked to Lu Aiai's side, and said with concern (it must be said that this concern was tinged with a hint of guilt):
"Are you feeling better? Go back and rest for a while."
"No." Lu Aiai shook her head. "I have something else to do today... I have to go to school."
"Are you really okay? Why don't you take a leave?" Chen Ya asked.
Lu Aiai shook her head silently.
"She is an adult now and should know how to take care of herself. Don't worry about her." Gu Yuqing said behind her.
"Well, actually, she probably doesn't know how to take care of herself."
"But that has nothing to do with you." Gu Yuqing said, "No matter who you are, you must learn to take care of yourself. Can you rely on others for your whole life?"
What Gu Yuqing said made sense, and Chen Ya had no way to refute it.
Even if one loves to take care of others, he would be exhausted if he met someone like Lu Aiai. Moreover, he is more afraid of trouble than most people.
Gu Yuqing's words seemed to strengthen Lu Aiai's determination to leave. Her eyes became more resolute, as if a certain tough part of her soul was triggered by a stress response.
She walked towards the gate without hesitation.
Gu Yuqing continued, "Xia Pa Pa, didn't you say that you would wait until she wakes up and let her tell me in person? Why don't you ask her?"
Chen Ya clenched his fists. He really wanted to tell the woman, "Don't go too far." But for him, wasn't this also an opportunity to clear his name?
"Lu Aiai, please wait a moment, um..."
Lu Aiai immediately turned around and looked at him with her head tilted.
Chen Ya rubbed his head, feeling even more guilty than before. He chose his words carefully, "The thing is, this Ms. Gu is very curious about our relationship..."
Lu Aiai stared at him with clear eyes: "Yeah."
"Hmm?"
"so?"
"So, what is the relationship between us? Can you hold your head high and tell Ms. Gu loudly?" Chen Ya said with a fake smile.
Gu Yuqing, who was sitting behind him, felt 20% more angry. She felt that Chen Ya's address to her sounded old.
"Relationship." Lu Aiai repeated the noun, followed by a long silence. Looking at her expression, she looked like a student who, after encountering a question about explaining a term, racked her brains to search for the exact meaning of the word.
"Well, what should be the relationship between us?" Chen Ya gave her an encouraging look.
"couple?"
"Don't joke with me at this moment."
Although Chen Ya did not look back, he immediately felt the murderous intent rising from Gu Yuqing behind him.
"...It's a legal relationship." Lu Aiai continued, "We don't have any similar legal relationship, such as father-daughter, mother-son, or brother-sister relationship. None of that."
"Wow, thanks for telling me we're not mother and son."
Lu Aiai tilted her head and said, "You're welcome."
“…” Chen Ya didn’t want to say anything.
Lu Aiai continued her relationship-based reasoning: "So, lover?"
"It's a non-legal relationship, right?" Chen Ya raised his voice and answered for her, "We are obviously not in that kind of relationship!"
"Yeah." Lu Aiai nodded appreciatively, "Because the prerequisite for this kind of relationship is that both parties or one of them are legally married, but we don't have that."
"Well, your explanation is very rigorous from a scientific perspective, but from a practical point of view, it's nothing! Even if it's not from a legal perspective, we have no basis for such a relationship!"
For the first time, Chen Ya felt tired of complaining.
"Well... then, what kind of relationship should we have?" Lu Aiai said, "Except for the legal relationship."
Chen Ya pressed his forehead. "...You're asking me? Why don't you just say we're friends?"
"Hmm? We are?"
"Isn't it?"
"Who is your friend?"
“…”
Chen Ya was injured. And the source of the injury was an unexpected person.
Ever since he met Lu Aiai, he had never thought that this silly beauty could cause him this level of psychological trauma.
Never.
"Our relationship is one in which you need to be responsible for me." Lu Aiai finally gave an authoritative definition.
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